Puddle Coming to PlayStation Vita Next Week

Word on the PlayStation Blog is that the unique puzzle-platformer Puddle is coming to PlayStation Vita next week. This breaks a game-less cycle for Sony’s new handheld that has spanned weeks.

Puddle for PS Vita has been in the works for a while now. We first saw the game at San Diego Comic-Con last year. It “began as a project by six students of the video game school ENJMIN,” Neko Entertainment QA Manager said. “It won a Student Showcase prize at the Independent Gaming Festival at GDC 2010, and was later picked up by Neko Entertainment. There, those same six students were able to turn it into a full-fledged game."

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Puddle is already out on PlayStation 3 -- we really liked it -- but the Vita version of the game has some new fixes, bells and whistles. New features include the ability to “whine and skip” any given level if it’s too hard, a series of loading screen tips to further instruct you on gameplay and various forms of touch functionality.

The PS Blog isn’t clear on the pricing of Puddle, but you can look for it on the North American PlayStation Network starting on Tuesday, July 24th. Details on its release in other territories are still forthcoming.

Colin Moriarty is an IGN PlayStation editor. You can follow him on Twitter and IGNand learn just how sad the life of a New York Islanders and New York Jets fan can be.